RWC SF: England v Springboks

[booboo]

Hey Seffrican peeps (even though I hope you lose and have posted such elsewhere) how do you pronounce RG as in Snyman?

Commentator on the world feed (Rupert Cox I think) was giving it the gutteral treatment, but I couldn't really pick up what it was.

I see "RG" and prounoce "Aah" "Jee".

Can you give us a English speaking guide?

Thanks.

[nostrildamus]

@Billy-Webb said in RWC SF: England v Springboks:

@stodders

Yeah... that's what worries me. An over-correction.
But to be honest, I expect him to be better than that.

you expect him to be better than what you expect him to be?

[sparky]

England have named their team.

https://twitter.com/englandrugby/status/1714959582110617617

[Catogrande]

@sparky

No real pace in the back line.

Again.

I really fear what the two Saffa wingers will do to us. They are both electric.

[SidBarret]

@booboo the Afrikaans "G" doesnt exist in English. Neither does the R come to think of it.

[Dodge]

@Catogrande said in RWC SF: England v Springboks:

@sparky

No real pace in the back line.

Again.

I really fear what the two Saffa wingers will do to us. They are both electric.

on the field or on the bench. Embarrassing.

Marchant and Earl probably our quickest players...

[booboo]

@SidBarret said in RWC SF: England v Springboks:

@booboo the Afrikaans "G" doesnt exist in English. Neither does the R come to think of it.

Any chance of making some phonetic equivalent?

[sparky]

@Dodge @Catogrande Weird that Arundell doesn’t get a nod at all.

[MiketheSnow]

@sparky said in RWC SF: England v Springboks:

@Dodge @Catogrande Weird that Arundell doesn’t get a nod at all.

It’s Farrell’s ball

[OomPB]

@booboo Sid is from the Boland, he will struggle with the R even more.

Maybe its easier to pronounce Labuschagne (Marnus the Aussie) to the proper Saffer pronouncing.

The R sound is a bliksem in afrikaans.

[stodders]

@Catogrande can't do much from all accounts if you don't drop the ball

[stodders]

England to channel their inner Jannie de Beer in this one

[G-Man]

@booboo said in RWC SF: England v Springboks:

@SidBarret said in RWC SF: England v Springboks:

@booboo the Afrikaans "G" doesnt exist in English. Neither does the R come to think of it.

Any chance of making some phonetic equivalent?

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Afrikaans/Pronunciation

[G-Man]

For the G the closest is loch

[G-Man]

Anyways back to topic. Coaching team has rotated the players well and most of the players has played less than what the Irish did.

I really don't think fatigue will play a part. The medical team would've pulled that player if they thought he was not fit to play.

[stodders]

Minutes played by England and South Africa squads in this World Cup so far:

https://x.com/rpetty80/status/1714949409639747959?s=46&t=Xyr9rqvpyxuZ6mu4OxMcYA

[stodders]

A better graphic showing the SF squads by position

https://x.com/analystgus/status/1714966442439790815?s=46&t=Xyr9rqvpyxuZ6mu4OxMcYA

[Dodge]

Thanks for posting those, that’s burst my last remaining tiny bubble

[Steven Harris]

Its interesting noting the average of both of the these packs , The starting English front row has a dads army look about it ,although the average age of the Springbok pack is 31 .
its quite possible its the last we may see of several from both sets of forwards at another RWC.

[Smuts]

@booboo said in RWC SF: England v Springboks:

Hey Seffrican peeps (even though I hope you lose and have posted such elsewhere) how do you pronounce RG as in Snyman?

Commentator on the world feed (Rupert Cox I think) was giving it the gutteral treatment, but I couldn't really pick up what it was.

I see "RG" and prounoce "Aah" "Jee".

Can you give us a English speaking guide?

Thanks.

It’s an Afrikaans oddity. If you’re watching him play on TV or from the stands it’s pronounced (more or less) Erghrrr Chheeeya

But if you meet him or another large, violent Afrikaaner it’s pronounced: Moenie vir my smile nie, eks nie jou hoer nie.